Carousel

The most pivotal moment in his character development is during his time at the zoo with his little sister, Phoebe, who goes on a carousel ride. The author seems to utilize imagery and repetition for this moment for what it seems to be only the second time Holden felt happy: “I felt so damn happy all of a sudden, the way old Phoebe kept going around and around. I was damn near bawling…

“phoniness” of the adult world. Holden Caulfield, the narrator of the novel, is struggling with the fact that he is growing up. Holden shows he is struggling in the scene when he and his little sister, Phoebe, go to the zoo. At the zoo Phoebe goes on the carousel, but he says, “Maybe next time” when she asks him to go with her, and he watches from a bench. As he is sitting watching Phoebe go around he thinks to himself , “The thing with kids is, if they want to grab the golden ring, you have to…

Many people do not struggle with going into adulthood. People are wanting to be able to be an adult and do what they want. They do not want to follow other adults rules or their parent's rules. But in J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield does not want to go into adulthood. He does not want to deal with all the adult responsibilities. Holden from The Catcher in the Rye struggles a lot with staying a child and becoming an adult, Holden is always connecting his thoughts…

1.The Catcher in the rye starts off with the protagonist, Holden caulfield, a 16 year old boy from a well off family, saying that he is in a place taking it easy after becoming “pretty run down” following events that occurred after the previous christmas. He begins the story around christmas time where, After failing four out of five of his classes he is expelled from Pencey Prep. His roommate stradlater goes on a date with jane gallagher, a girl who holden used to date. When he returns from his…

There is nothing as pointless as getting caught up trying to slow down time, and losing attachment to the moment you're in. Chris Mccandless and Holden Caulifield in Into the Wild by John Krakaur and Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger are searching for belonging but are stuck in fantasy belief of humanity. Holden and Chris, only search for innocence, and are blind to the fact that our society is prone to change into an experienced place. Toward the end of both their stories, they are finally…

Something Wicked This Way Comes: Bradbury’s Literary Masterpiece Think back to the days of your youth. Chances are, these years were spent in a state of constant excitement and leisure, free from any and all worries. Many would agree that adolescence is the most simple and joyful stage of one’s life. However, in Ray Bradbury’s literary classic, Something Wicked This Way Comes, this is certainly not the case for two young boys named Jim and Will. In this best-selling horror novel, rather than…

adults that he has animosity towards. Through this narrative strategy Salinger shows the audience that Holden is immature in the way that he judges people. Making it relatable for teenagers who are trying to find themselves while at the same time growing up in a world trying to follow society’s standards. Salinger once said in a 1953 interview, "My boyhood was very much the same as that of the boy in the book ...it was a great relief telling people about it." One of Holden’s faults throughout…

It has been said that “the turning point in the process of growing up is when you discover the core of strength within you that survives all hurt.” Although, for many, it is difficult to find this strength making growing up seem frightening. This process and struggle reaching adulthood is shown in both Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. Alice in Wonderland is a story of a little girl named Alice whose fantasies take her a made up, crazy land called…

unique fusion of Rodgers’ musical comedy and Hammerstein’s operetta. This was the milestone in the development of American musicals, it also marked the beginning of a very successful partnership in Broadway musical history and was shortly followed by Carousel (1945), Allegro (1947), South Pacific (1949), The King and I (1951), Flower Drum Song (1958) and The Sound of Music (1959). In this study, it will demonstrate “integration” elements in the musical of Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!…

Holden. However, when drunk, he breaks it, symbolizing how his childhood shatters to pieces. However, Phoebe keeps the pieces of the record, collecting the pieces of his childhood. Holden, in order to preserve Phoebe’s childhood, does not go on the carousel, and instead stands in the rain. It is at this point that he is reborn into his adult self. He “felt so damn happy all of a sudden, seeing the way phoebe kept going around and around” (233), seeing her live out his dream of childhood and…